presbyteress

English

Etymology

presbyter + -ess

Noun

presbyteress (plural presbyteresses)

  1. (obsolete) A female presbyter.
    • 1863, Robert Jamieson, A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments:
      Not literally that a presbyter who does not rule well [Alford], or of a presbyteress widow, or of the deacons.

References

  • presbyteress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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